Gallipoli Peninsula Turkey

Travelled:121km

Stay: Aceabat- Boomerang Bar car park on the shore of the Dardenelles Strait N40.1908 E26.3574

We set off straight after our morning coffee and parked at Anzac Cove. We had the place to ourselves as we walked along what is left of the beach reflecting on the lives lost here. 

We then went on the loop road and stopped at numerous cemeteries and memorials reading about the battles and losses at each spot. 

We found a Bloom from Melbourne ! Not from our family tree though.

We also went to the Turkish memorial.











View of Suvla Bay

After the New Zealand memorial where Mark remembers having his photo taken in 1976, we drove down to the end of the Peninsula to Cape Helles Memorial. This is to commemorate the British losses with a mention of the 249 Australians and few others from the Commonwealth.

 Whilst here we also had a look at the Turkish Fort. 

 

We then drove back on the Eastern side of the peninsula stopping to look at the fort at Kilitbahir.

Between here and Canakkale is the narrowest point of the Dardanelles. As the wind was quite insistent on this side of the peninsula we decided to spend the rest of the day at Kabatepe. After dinner we had a dip in the Aegean Sea as the sunset before heading back to the Boomerang Bar in Aceabate as there is no camping in the historic park. We had a beer with the very friendly owner before retiring back to Bluey.